HL-CS too slow under win2k + 5.2 drivers.

[adave]

I recently got counterstrik, and god i am hooked. The problem is that the game is too choppy making it frustrating sometimes. Any suggestions on improving performance?

My system:
abit bx6 rev 2
celeron 400 oclocked to 450 (75mhz bus)
g400 max (not overclocked), agp2x, irq 11
128 mb
win2k sp1
IBM 7200 rpm hd
sb live, liveware 3

The game hangs around 20 fps (D3D) when there is nobody on screen, but when the gun shootouts start fps drops to ~10, making it hard to aim.

I tried the halflife's autoexec.cfg maker at tweak3d.net and it's doesn't help much. OGL is even worse than D3D.

My buddy has a celeron 450 (300 o'clocked) with a TNT 1 (that's right, TNT one), and he gets fps around 60. How is it that it blows away my g400 max?

What do I do?
Thanks!

[SockPuppet]

I run a box with virtually the same stuff

and i get around 45fps @ 1024x768 with D3D
must be some setup problem on your box

opengl however, is not playable, it gives me a big black box on the screen when it loads up, and when i try to press esc to get rid of it...my machine freezes

PII450 (OC from 300)
256Meg ram
Abit BE6
G400 DH 32Meg (running at 142MHz i think...)
sblive xgamer with liveware 3 for win2k
Win2kpro sp1
dx8
5.20 Driver

[Wombat]

Try AGP1x, since you're over-clocking the FSB.

Also, you've said nothing about resolution.

[DukeP]

I have only few problems, running CS on my computer.

My setup:
Win2000 latest servicepacks etc.
Matrox g400max latest drivers, bios etc.
256mb ram
800mhz p3
sblive

I run cs in OpenGL, purely icd. I get enough frames, and only have problems when starting a lan game (Black box in top left of screen).

The latest drivers and the latest bios did the trick for me. Somebody actually pointed that out for me on this board (thx).
Powerdesk 6.20.029, Bios 1.9 - 33 DirectX 8.0

Hope this helps?

~~DukeP~~

[adave]

Thanks for replying!

I can't believe SockPuppet's getting 45fps at 1024. Can you give me all your settings? Bios, irqs, everything. Is there a BIG difference between pII and celeron?

I'll try agp 1x and see what happens. I even oclocked the card to 200mhz and still slow.

btw, I run it at 640x480. Could the sound card have anything to do with it?

Will keep you posted on what happens.
Thanks Again.

[Arsa]

CPU matters you know... especialy for G400. Your bus clock is not very good either...
Oh... and running CS on W2K on 128 MB of ram is not a very good idea...
Also, switch to OpenGL and lower resolution...
I run CS on 800x600 on K7-700 with 256 MB ram and get 40-70 fps...


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• Asus K7V w/sound bios 1007
• W2K Workstation, SP1
• RedHat 6.2
• Athlon 700 w/o o/c
• 256 Mb PC133 RAM
• IBM DPTA-372050 20Gb 7200Rpm
• TOSHIBA DVD-ROM SD-M1302
• Viewsonic PF790 flatscreen 19' & IBM G54 15'
• HP ScanJet 5200C still on parallel
• 3Com 3C905B-TX & LAN via T1 ;-)
• WebCam 3 USB
• Microsoft Intellimouse Optical USB connected
• Sony MDR-CD360 headphones
• MX300 in the drawer

[Wulfman]

*black-box when starting a server*

just hit escape, then "resume" game - the box should not be there any more

mfg
wulfman

[SockPuppet]

Wulfman, doesn't work for me, because opengl freezes my machine when i try to resume

adave, sorry i haven't reply sooner,
i use acpi on my system, so win2k manage all the irqs for me, here's a list

IRQ Number Device
9 Microsoft ACPI-Compliant System
7 Matrox Millennium G400 DualHead - English
7 Intel 82371AB/EB PCI to USB Universal Host Controller
7 SMC EZ Card PCI 10 Adapter (SMC1208)
7 Creative SB Live! (WDM)
8 System CMOS/real time clock
13 Numeric data processor
6 Standard floppy disk controller
4 Communications Port (COM1)
12 PS/2 Compatible Mouse
1 Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural PS/2 Keyboard
3 U.S. Robotics 56K Voice INT PnP
14 Primary IDE Channel
15 Secondary IDE Channel
11 Realtek RTL8029(AS)-based PCI Ethernet Adapter
11 Highpoint Technology Inc. Hpt366 Ultra DMA 66 Controller
11 Highpoint Technology Inc. Hpt366 Ultra DMA 66 Controller

also, i use a .cfg that was posted by Kruzin long long time ago...

cl_himodels "0"
brightness "3.0"
gamma "3.0"
fps_modem "200"
gl_max_size "256"
gl_overbright "1"
gl_ztrick "1"
gl_dither "1"
gl_polyoffset "-0.001"
gl_lightholes "1"
gl_keeptjunctions "1"
gl_texturemode "GL_LINEAR_MIPMAP_LINEAR"
gl_playermip "0"
gl_picmip "0"
gl_round_down "0"
gl_texsort "1"
gl_palette_tex "1"
r_drawviewmodel "1"
r_shadows "0"
r_decals "300"
pushlatency "-150"

and one more thing, my agp apeture size in bios is set at 256